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2012-2013 Scholarship recipientsThanks to the generosity of donors, synods, congregations,and foundations, approximately 80% ofLSTC students receive financial assistance throughscholarships. What you see here are the major scholarshipswe know about. What you DON’T see aremany other forms of assistance made directly tostudents from their congregations and synods andthe many endowed scholarship funds created byindividuals and congregations, such as the MargaretR. and Timothy R. Schoewe Scholarship featured onpage 22.Drew Yoos, a first year M.Div. student, receivedthis year’s Creative Teaching Ministry Grant forhis four-week Christian education curriculum,“Lutherevealed!” The curriculum is available todownload at www.lstc.edu/lifelong-learners/resources/curricula.php.The Creative Teaching MinistryGrant was established by Justin (2009, M.Div.) andKari Eller, who serve as ELCA missionaries in La Paz,Bolivia.The impact of all of these gifts is this: visionaryleaders being formed to bear witness to the goodnews of Jesus Christ. They will graduate from seminarywith less or no student loan debt thanks to thegenerosity of so many.To find out how you or your congregation canfinancially support an LSTC student’s education,contact Mark Van Scharrel at mvanscha@lstc.edu or773-256-0712.Siebert Lutheran FoundationSiebert Lutheran Foundation has generously provided grants to LSTC studentswho are from Wisconsin. Pictured on the stairs between the second and thirdfloor are, in the back row, Ryan Gerlach, Ann Marie Gonyea-Alexander, andRob Bork; in the front row: Stacy Gahlman-Schroeder, Craig Simenson, AmyLoehndorf, and Amanda Diller. Not pictured: Edward Baseman, Steven Bogie,Karen Jost, Micah Sievenpiper, Arlen Solem, and Timothy TahtinenFund for Leaders in MissionSix LSTC master of divinity students received full scholarships through the ELCA Fund for Leaders in Mission. Five students received partial Fund for Leadersscholarships and 17 students received partial Fund for Leaders scholarships from their synod or congregation. They are pictured in LSTC’s “stained glass” gardenin front of the Augustana Chapel windows. Back row, from left: Sarah Rohde, Becca Ajer, Kyle Severson, Nathan Sutton, Joseph Yucha, Chris Michaelis, DrewYoos, Robert Bork; middle row from left: Janelle Neubauer, Ashley Hochhalter, Janice Heidlberger, Sara Suginaka, Stephanie Wood, Dione Miller, Rebecca Goche;front row from left: Sarah Rossing, Ann Marie Gonyea-Alexander, Kwame Pitts, Marissa Tweed. Not pictured: Cuttino Alexander, Matthew Hacker, Peter Mannoja,Kara Propst, Martha Reid, Elise Scott, Arlen Solem, Amanda Weinkauf18